User Activity

This log shows activity performed by the selected user, along with changes made to the user account by an administrator.

User Activity records actions the user performs on files and folders, including creating, reading, updating, deleting, moving, copying, and downloading files. It also records account related actions, including when the user account is created, updated, or deleted by an administrator.

User Activity records successful login events. Login failures are recorded in API logs and do not appear in User Activity or History Logs. For protocols including FTP, SFTP, and WebDAV, clients often reconnect multiple times during a single user action. These reconnects generate multiple successful login events from the same IP address and interface, which User Activity consolidates into a single entry within a short time window to keep the log readable.

User Activity also consolidates repeated Read and Update actions that occur within a 15 minute window when the same user performs the same action on the same file from the same IP address using the same interface. When a user downloads or updates the same file multiple times during this window, User Activity records a single entry instead of separate entries for each occurrence. This prevents high frequency file access and transfer workflows from flooding the activity view with repetitive entries.

User Activity provides a summarized view of user actions, while API logs record every individual request, including login failures and repeated Read and Update actions.

Files.com retains User Activity logs for 7 years.

To view a user’s activity history, edit the user account and open the History tab.